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C. SCHULTZE.

, KITBGORD STICK. No. 406.672. Patented'July 9, 1889.

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CHARLES scHULTzE, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

KITE-CORD STICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 406,672, dated July 9, 1889.

Application iiled September 17, 1888. Serial No. 285.592. (No model.)

Be it known that I, CHARLES ,ScHUL'rzn of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Ki te-Cord Stick, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention has for its objectto provide. a simple, inexpensive, and efficient device for holding cord used for ying kites, and in a manner allowing the cordto be freely wound onto the stick in the usual. way and to be paid out easily therefrom bythe pull of the kite and without danger of hurting the hands the person flying the kite.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts of the kite-cord stick,all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is' to be had to the accompanying` drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a kite-cord stick made in accordance with my invention, and with a quantity of cord wound thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the stick, taken on the linea@ minV Fig. 2; and

end of a kite-cord stick of modified form and drawn to a larger scale.

The preferred form of the kite-cord stick is shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, and comprises a main central body portion A, made preferably of wood, and two wooden forming handles, and to which the main body of the stick is journaled, and preferably by barbed-wire nails C C, which are passed through the central lengthwise bores b b of the handles B B into the opposite ends of the stick-body A, the heads c c of the nails overlapping the ends of the handles to prevent their disengagement ,from the stick body, which preferably has the same diameter as' the handles.

It will be noticed that the ends of the stickbody A are tapered or beveled outward ata a toward their centers, into which the nail-journals of the handles are fastened, and the ad* stood manner.v

Itis not essential that the inner ends of the handles-be countersunkv to correspond with the conical ends of the stick-body, as these ends would alone prevent sticking of 4Jthe cord into the joints of the body and haui dles were the lattercut off squarely Vat their inner en ds, but .by countersinking the handles this desirable function of the stick is more fully assured; vhence the countersunk handles are preferred in practice.

It is manifest that the kite-cord may be wound upon the stick quite as easily as if the stick werefsolid or made in one piece for its entire length, and when it is desired to pay out the cord it is only necessary to hold the stickby its end handles and let the stickbody turn by its nail, pin, or Ascrew journals within the handles as the cord is unwound to any desired extent by the pull of the kite.

I am not limited to the use of the nail or equivalent pin or screw journals C C for the stick-body, as the latter may simply be reduced at the ends to form projecting pins a', onto which the handles B will be loosely' placed and held by a nail or headed pin C', driven into the end of the stick-body pin a', and as will be understood Vfrom Fig. 4 of the drawings. In this case the inclined shoulder or face ct, at the joint between each handle and the stick-body, will be retained, substantially as above described for the preferred forni of stick.

I purposemaking the entire stick of wood,

except the nail or pin retainers, for the handles; but the handles, as alsothe stick-body, may be made of short lengths of metal tube or ot any other suitable material, the object being to provide a very cheap, effective, Aand serviceable cord-stick, which will be Within the reach of all kite-fliers.

Having thus described my invention, what l clairnV as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A kite-cord stick made with a body portion adapted to receive the cord and provided With tapering or conical end parts or shoulders, and handles axially in line with the stickbody, and on which the body is journ aled, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A kite-cord stick made with a body portion adapted to receive the cord and provided with tapering or conical end parts or shoulders, and handles at the ends of the body of like diameter and axially in line therewith, and on which the bodyis journaled, said handles being co'untersunk to correspond with the conical ends ofthe stick-body, substantially as herein set forth.

3. A kite-cord stick made with a body portion adapted to receive the cord and provided with tapering or conical end parts or shonlders, and handles on which the stick-body is journaled and countersunk to ycorrespond With the ends of the stick-body at the join'ts therewith, substantially as herein set forth. 4. The combination, in a kite-cord stick, of a body portion A, having,` tapering ends or shoulders a d, tubular handles B B, countersunk to correspond With said ends a a, and headed nails or pins C C, passed through the handles into the ends of the stick-body, sub

YYstantially as herein set forth'. ff

CHARLES scHULTZE.

lVtnesses:

A. MARQUARDT, CHAs. E. DRUMM. 

